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The 2 Neville brothers bodies are laid to rest in the family vault at Bisham Abbey
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The 2 Neville brothers bodies are laid to rest in the family vault at Bisham Abbey
Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he writes his devotional Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
Thomas More is arrested after refusing to swear the oath required by the succession settlement.
Sir Thomas More is arrested for refusing to take the oath of succession
Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he writes his devotional Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he writes his devotional Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
Thomas More is imprisoned in the Tower of London after refusing the oath of succession.
Appointed Great Chamberlain
Defends Protestant doctrine during public disputations at Oxford.
Is acquitted of treason despite government suspicion.
Pym identifies religious innovation, arbitrary taxation and ministerial misconduct as national grievances.
The Commons insists that grievances must be addressed before voting money for war.
The Commons insists that grievances must be addressed before voting money for war.
Pym argues that constitutional grievances must precede any grant of taxation.
Pym catalogues political, financial and religious grievances before discussing supply.
Hampden supports examining grievances before granting the King new taxation.
Pym links the Commons refusal of supply to abuses committed during Personal Rule.
Pym links the Commons refusal of supply to abuses committed during Personal Rule.
St John supports parliamentary opposition to taxation imposed without parliamentary approval.
Pym delivers the central Commons argument against voting subsidies before redress.
Appointed Privy Counsellor
Appointed Privy Counsellor
Succeeds as Holy Roman Emperor
Succeeds as Holy Roman Emperor
Acknowledges the exclusive right of the Irish Parliament to legislate for Ireland
Created Viscount Palmerston. The young 3rd Lord Palmerston also inherited a vast country estate in the north of County Sligo in the west of Ireland
Napoleon arrives in Donauworth, Bavaria
Persuades France to accept the Bases de Separation for Belgian frontiers
Persuades France to accept the Bases de Separation for Belgian frontiers
Persuades France to accept the Bases de Separation for Belgian frontiers
Persuades France to accept the Bases de Separation for Belgian frontiers
McGregor helps establish the Football League with Aston Villa among its twelve founders.
Villa defeats Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in its first match at Aston Lower Grounds.
Leads the move for a Senate investigation immediately after news of Titanic's loss reaches the United States.
Defends wartime controls intended to prevent hostile material circulating through foreign channels.
His April Theses help shape slogans later used during the July Days.
Haig supports British and French resistance during the first major German attack around Kemmel.
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
The French refuse to negotiate & allow any increase in German arms. Attempts a 4 power convention for a rearmament settlement with the Germans
Japan’s Amau statement warns foreign powers against actions in China that Tokyo considers contrary to Japanese interests.
The League of Nations condemns the German violation of the Versailles Treaty, no action is taken
The Second Hermann Jonasson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Begins the Third Hermann Jonasson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Fleischer directs Norwegian forces in northern Norway while the Allied Narvik campaign develops.
The Italian-backed Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic declared an Independent State of Croatia
The Italian-backed Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic declared an Independent State of Croatia
Yugoslavia is subsequently divided amongst Germany, Hungary, Italy and Bulgaria, with most of Serbia being occupied by Germany. The last of the Yugoslav troops surrender to the Germans
The Italian-backed Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic declared an Independent State of Croatia
The Yugoslav Army capitulates at Sarajevo, Simovic escapes to Greece
Yugoslavia is subsequently divided amongst Germany, Hungary, Italy and Bulgaria, with most of Serbia being occupied by Germany
Escapes from Konigstein, becomes an national hero in France
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Moves from the office of Lord Privy Seal to serve again as Minister without Portfolio.
The revolutionary government recognises the newly created Bolivian Workers Central.
Lechin helps found the COB as organised labour gains power after the revolution
Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dismisses Prime Minister Nazimuddin.
Muhammad Ali Bogra becomes Prime Minister.
Becomes Prime Minister after Mohamed Naguib temporarily resigns.
Takes office as Prime Minister during his power struggle with Mohamed Naguib.
The Cominform is dissolved after the Soviet rapprochement with Yugoslavia and the process of De-Stalinization
Designs the Atomium as an enlarged iron-crystal structure for Expo 58.
Creates an engineering landmark representing scientific and industrial progress.
Commands or flies in Cuban air operations defending the Bay of Pigs area.
Robertson helps direct the landing phase from the Barbara J during the opening hours of the invasion.
Lynch helps direct the landing from the Blagar and remains involved as Cuban aircraft repeatedly attack the vessel.
Lands a force of 1,500 Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro
Castro's government retains enough operational aircraft after the preliminary strikes to attack invasion shipping and bombers.
McNamara participates in discussions as Cuban forces attack the landing area.
Commands revolutionary forces mobilized during the Bay of Pigs emergency.
Takes part in revolutionary command arrangements during the Bay of Pigs emergency.
Castro directly commands Cuban armed forces responding to the Brigade 2506 landings.
Clark positions destroyers offshore to provide early warning for the Cuban Expeditionary Force ships.
Fernandez establishes a command post directing forces toward the invasion area.
The CIA assumed that the invasion would spark a popular uprising against Castro, however by the time the invasion began, Castro had already executed some who were suspected of colluding with the American campaign. President Kennedy withdraws support for the invasion at the last minute by canceling several bombing sorties that could have crippled the entire Cuban Air Force
Bomber aircraft displaying Cuban Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria markings bomb the Cuban airfields of San Antonio de Los Bacos, Antonio Maceo International Airport, and the airfield at Ciudad Libertad
Kennedy decides against giving the faltering invasion US air support (though four US pilots were killed in Cuba during the invasion) because of his opposition to overt intervention.
Operation Puma, the code name given to the offensive counter air attacks against the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, called for 48 hours of air strikes.
Carreras attacks brigade ships and landing positions in a Cuban combat aircraft.
Dulles is briefed late on the invasion crisis, including men ashore, undelivered supplies and two ships lost to Cuban aircraft.
Castro mobilises Cuban military and militia forces against the exile landings on the southern coast.
Gray relays the urgent request for carrier air protection after cancellation of the planned Cuban exile air strikes.
Kennedy permits the exile operation but refuses deployment of conventional United States forces.
Perez San Roman directs Brigade 2506 field operations from the Playa Giron sector after the landing.
Oliva commands brigade forces establishing the eastern beachhead at Playa Larga.
Hunt helps organise the political component of the failed exile operation.
Wheeler orders restricted carrier air cover for Cuban Expeditionary Force shipping outside Cuban territorial waters.
Del Valle's paratroop battalion seizes the San Blas road centre and is reinforced by other brigade elements.
Rudd flies a Sea Fury against the invasion force.
Prendes flies combat patrols against exile aircraft and shipping.
1,209 captured exiles are tried, a few executed and the rest sentenced to 30 yrs in prison for treason, after 20 months of negotiation with the USA, Cuba releases the exiles in exchange for dollars & medicine
Guevara serves at a western command post guarding against a diversionary landing.
Guevara serves at a western Cuban command post during the invasion emergency.
The Kinks release You Still Want Me.
Paisley, along with Noel Doherty establishes the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, which in turn establishes the paramilitary organisation Ulster Protestant Volunteers at a parade in the Shankill area of Belfast
Paisley, along with Noel Doherty establishes the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, which in turn establishes the paramilitary organisation Ulster Protestant Volunteers at a parade in the Shankill area of Belfast
Paisley, along with Noel Doherty establishes the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, which in turn establishes the paramilitary organisation Ulster Protestant Volunteers at a parade in the Shankill area of Belfast
Replaces Dubcek and begins Normalisation.
Replaces Dubcek and begins Normalisation politics.
Helps execute newly developed procedures to power Odyssey for reentry after days of minimal electrical use.
Helps reactivate Odyssey using emergency procedures developed by Mission Control.
Leads Mission Control teams during Apollo 13 recovery.
Helps prepare the spacecraft and crew for separation from Aquarius and Earth reentry.
Heads NASA during Apollo 13 and orders review of the accident.
Chairs the review board examining the Apollo 13 accident.
Helps separate the damaged service module, allowing the crew to inspect the explosion damage before reentry.
Returns safely with Haise and Swigert after the aborted lunar landing mission.
Helps power up the cold command module using emergency procedures developed by Mission Control.
Anita Pallenberg gives birth to a daughter, Dandelion
He announced his own ongoing investigation, and promised to reveal "major new developments" in the future
President Nixon made a brief statement before the White House Press Corps that his White House aides and staff would appear before the Senate Watergate Committee if asked.
Announces that White House aides will appear before the Senate committee if requested and promises major new developments from his own review.
The Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh
The Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh
The communist forces of the Khmer Rouge overthrow the Lon Government after a civil war
Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh, beginning Democratic Kampuchea
Becomes head of state after Khmer Rouge victory and the end of the Khmer Republic
Becomes nominal head of state after Khmer Rouge victory and the end of the Khmer Republic
The communist forces of the Khmer Rouge overthrow the Lon Government after a civil war
The Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh
The Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh
The Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh
Polish farmers win the right to form an independent trades union
The main task force sails south from Ascension Island. Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse chairs conference at Ascension Island with Admiral Sandy Woodward and 3 Commando Brigade which sets out detailed plans for the retaking of the Islands by force
Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse chairs conference at Ascension Island with Admiral Sandy Woodward and 3 Commando Brigade which sets out detailed plans for the retaking of the Islands by force
Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse chairs conference at Ascension Island with Admiral Sandy Woodward and 3 Commando Brigade which sets out detailed plans for the retaking of the Islands by force
Chairs planning talks with Woodward and Thompson.
Proclaims patriation of the Constitution and the Charter of Rights.
Presents the Junta with a 5 point peace plan
Plans the land campaign with naval commanders.
A shot from the Libyan diplomatic mission kills police officer Yvonne Fletcher during a protest.
The Delors Committee recommended a three-stage route to Economic and Monetary Union.
US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
Appointed President of Turkey, acting
He is later convicted of genocide by the ICTR.
Participates in violence against Tutsi civilians in Kibuye.
Putin meets Tony Blair and promises to implement economic reforms and root out corruption
Putin meets Tony Blair and promises to implement economic reforms and root out corruption
Brown announces sustained real-terms NHS funding increases backed by higher contributions.
Brown raises National Insurance contributions to fund higher National Health Service spending.
Arrested by US forces, officials characterize him as a member of what they called "Saddams Dirty Dozen", responsible for torture and murder in Iraq
Arrested by US forces, officials characterize him as a member of what they called "Saddams Dirty Dozen", responsible for torture and murder in Iraq
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Rantissi is assassinated by the Israeli Army after they fire hellfire missiles from an Apache helicopter at his car
A Government spokesman says that South Africa has waived Cuban debt totaling more than 100 million dollars
A Government spokesman says that South Africa has waived Cuban debt totaling more than 100 million dollars
Traore appoints Diarra to lead the transitional government.
Wins re-election as President of Indonesia.
Engineers switch off Voyager 1's low-energy charged particle experiment to extend spacecraft operations.
Birth of Paul von Rennenkampf
Born in Kalinovka in the Kursk Governorate of the Russian Empire.
Birth of Alain Poher
Birth of George de Mohrenschildt. Birth of George de Mohrenschildt
Anita Pallenberg gives birth to a daughter, Dandelion
Death of James Abercromby
Rantissi is assassinated by the Israeli Army after they fire hellfire missiles from an Apache helicopter at his car
Is defeated by conservative forces at the Battle of Lircay.
Heads the provisional government when conservative forces win the Battle of Lircay and end the civil war.
Defeats liberal forces at Lircay and secures conservative political ascendancy.
Directs Norwegian forces resisting the German occupation of northern Norway.
Lin Biao defends Siping against Nationalist attacks in a major Manchurian battle
Bai Chongxi advises and supports Nationalist operations in Manchuria during the Siping fighting
Sun Li-jen's New First Army participates in the Nationalist pressure on Siping
Liao Yaoxiang commands Nationalist units during the Siping campaign
Du Yuming commands Nationalist forces in the second major battle for Siping
Crowned King of England, 2nd time
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